Bad Philosophy

Newcomer Adam Easterling joins Britton, Kevin, and Stephen on a leap of faith into the philosophy of Braid and many other video games.

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Achron, Adam, Braid, Brink, Britton, Citizen Kane, Commander Kean, Dallas Morning News, Dark Souls, economics, film noir, game design, Gamespot, Guild Wars 2, heaven and hell, Humble Bundle, indie games, InfoCom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Johann Sebastian Joust, John Carmack, Jonathan Blow, Joystiq, Just Cause 2, Kevin, LiMBO, Megaman, Memento, Myst, Mystery Men, Narbacular Drop, Ninja Gaiden, Papa y Yo, plants vs zombies, PlayStation Move, Portal, Prince of Persia, Project Greenlight, QuakeCon, Quantum Conundrum, Retro Computing Roundtable, Riven, SimCity 2000, Skyrim, Spec Ops: The Line, Steam, Stephen, storytelling, Super Mario 3D Land, Tag, The Sixth Sense, The Walking Dead, time, Uncharted, University of Texas, video games, Wolfenstein, Zork

Conventions! In the geek world the idea of them is synonymous with sleepless nights, smelly hallways, and unforgettable times with friends and strangers. Recently a few of us got to experience such an adventure, Kevin Saunders at San Diego Comic Con and me, Britton Peele (of the Dallas Morning News), and Tim Poon (of Platform […]

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Angry Birds, Bawls, BioShock, BioWare, Britton, caffeine, casual gaming, Daily Toreador, Dishonored, Dumb and Dumber, games, Gamespot, gaming, Half-Life 2, Harvey Smith, Id Software, IKV Stranglehold, Inception, John Carmack, Kevin, LA Noir, League of Legends, Mario, Marty Stratton, Mass Effect 2, Master Pancake Theater, NES, Nintendo, Oblivion, Peggle, pizza, plants vs zombies, Platform Nation, Pop Tarts, Portal 2, QuakeCon, San Diego Comic Con, SDCC, Skyrim, Starcraft 2, Stephen, Team Fortress 2, Tetris, Thief, Tim, Tribes: Ascend, Twilight, Ventrilo, Victor Antonov, Waldo, Wii, Wilford Brimley

For no particular reason we’ve decided to try something *BRAND NEW* on this week’s episode of Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I pulled a few articles and a comic out of the news, grabbed a couple of beers, and dove in to the stories for an hour. What came was something of a nice balance between […]

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